Nurse Practitioner

Agency Profile Spectrum Health & Human Services respectfully partners with adults, children, and families as they recover from behavioral, emotional, mental health and/or substance related disorders by offering individualized and meaningful opportunities of hope, empowerment and support to achieve self-defined improvements in their quality of life.

SUMMARY OF POSITION FUNCTION

As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner PMHNP in conjunction with the clinical team, has overall clinical responsibility for monitoring individual’s treatment and staff delivery of clinical services; the PMHNP provides psychiatric and medical assessment and treatment; clinical supervision, education, and training of the team; and development, maintenance, and supervision of medication and psychiatric and medical treatment policies and procedures.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Knowledge and demonstration of agency core values in day-to-day activities Collaborates with the Medical Director regarding psychiatric health services, education, and any other clinical needs Ability to complete psychiatric assessment across the life span Conduct psychiatric assessments including psychiatric history, course of illness, response to treatment; mental status examination and DSM 5 diagnoses Participate in case review to collaborate with the clinical team and provide feedback and recommendations. Orders laboratory tests, interrupts, and explains the test results to individuals and families if applicable Perform or recommended age-appropriate screening procedures Work with children and their families in anticipation of developmental milestones and life cycle events Collaborate with the care team regarding an individual’s physical/behavioral needs. Making appropriate community referrals for further assessment and treatment as needed Prescribe psychotropic medications and conduct regular assessment of therapeutic responses and side effects and educate individuals/families regarding psychotropic medications Perform age-appropriate therapy sessions to include family education. Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary) Responsible for maintaining customer relations with all agency staff and clients Responsible for providing psychiatric services to individuals in a variety of clinical settings during scheduled hours. Scope of services includes outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services. Assess, diagnose, and treat adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorders. Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state’s Nurse Practice Act. Provide crisis assessment and management of individuals during regular work hours, during other hours, and as on-call back up as needed Submit written reports and oral testimony and presentation of opinion in commitment and other legal proceedings and in a wide range of treatment, rehabilitative, and support services matters (e.g., AOT, Social Security applications, prior authorization of mediation, etc.). Participate in and supervise the development of the comprehensive treatment plan for each patient at treatment planning meetings.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

Demonstrates a clear understanding of the characteristics and problems of adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of effective clinical practices and principles Strong clinical skills and experience providing treatment to persons with severe and persistent mental illness Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to effectively communicate, negotiate, persuade and instruct. Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English Proficient in the use of computer software such as MSWord, Excel, Outlook, etc.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Board certified or Board eligible in Psychiatry and licensed to practice medicine in the state in which the program is operating #J-18808-Ljbffr Spectrum Health & Human Services